Results 181-200 of 849 for "direct provision"

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...of these people and they would not be in there if they had an alternative. Because of the housing shortages, however, there are very few alternatives. Many children still do not feel safe in direct provision, women do not feel safe, members of the LGBT fraternity do not feel safe there and many people are still being stripped of their dignity. In April in the Mosney direct provision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (2 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Direct Provision system managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department remains a key pillar of the State's asylum and immigration system and I have no plans to end it at this time. Rather, my intention is that the factors which lead to delays in the processing of cases are dealt with so that asylum seekers spend as little time as is necessary in that accommodation...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (25 Mar 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: This question relates to a publication issued recently by the Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) on the Government's direct provision system, the means by which the State discharges its obligations to provide accommodation and sustenance to asylum seekers while their applications are considered. My general response to this publication was given in my reply to Dáil Questions 217, 218 and 219 on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Jun 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of protection applicants in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Direct provision provides for full board accommodation supports while a final decision is awaited by a person on their protection or any related leave to remain application. As at 8 June 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jul 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoin Ó Broin: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will discuss with the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, a protocol with providers of direct provision governing the provision of references for private sector landlords for those residents of direct provision who have secured their leave to remain and are trying to access private rented accommodation. [35843/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision: Discussion with Ombudsman (25 Sep 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The Ombudsman has been very clear in his statement regarding the short-term aspect of direct provision. I do not have a difficulty with direct provision being used in that case. We have obligations and we have to receive people seeking asylum. We must, however, do that in a human and humanitarian way. This problem has arisen because short-term provision has become long-term provision....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (3 Jun 2021)

Cathal Crowe: It is welcome that direct provision will cease three years from now and people will be accommodated, helped and aided in different ways. However, there is a real concern within both the local direct provision centre and the wider community that enough might not be done to support those seeking international protection between now and then. Perfect cognisance is not always taken of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: What are the Minister's views on the report of the independent working group on direct provision, which is damning and contains limited recommendations on the provision of residency to those who have been more than five years in direct provision and on an increase in the weekly allowance? Does the Government intend to take on board these recommendations and make those changes?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on her commitment in February 2015 to allow asylum seekers living in direct provision to have their complaints independently examined by the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children in line with the recommendations of the 2015 working group report, Improvements to the Protection Process, including direct provision and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Data (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...scheme, in terms of consistency throughout the country and of discretion when supporting LGBT people, and to the provision of on-site services by the Community Welfare Service (CWS) to residents in direct provision. I have provided the Deputy with a tabular statement containing further details of these recommendations and the status of their implementation. The Department continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 Sep 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...paid by the State after the receipt of the differential rent paid by the tenant to the local authority, additional administration costs would also apply. Costing information in relation to residents of direct provision centres would be dependent on various factors, including current and projected numbers and types of households. As responsibility for direct provision falls within the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Dr. John Lannon: I thank the Chair. I am glad you can hear me now. We thank the committee for the invitation to discuss issues relating to direct provision. For committee members who do not know us, Doras is an independent NGO that works to promote and protect the rights of protection applicants and migrants. We do that through direct support and advocacy. Our work covers immigration,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (27 Mar 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Shatter: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The collation of statistics on deaths of asylum seekers living in direct provision commenced in 2002. During the period 2005 to 2012, there have been 39 deaths of asylum seekers who were residing in direct provision accommodation...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014) See 4 other results from this debate

Denis Naughten: At the outset, I accept that the Minister acknowledges that there is a problem with the existing system. Would he reiterate his view that the direct provision system is unsuitable for long-term residency? In light of the ESRI report published last week which highlighted that six out of ten in the direct provision system are in it for over three years and one third are in it for over five...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Motion (27 Jan 2016) See 3 other results from this debate

Marie Moloney: ...forward this important motion. It is a fair and balanced motion and seeks clarification and an update. As we are all well aware, the Government published a report on the protection process on the direct provision system last June and we are very honoured to welcome the chairman of the report group, Dr. Bryan McMahon, to the gallery. This report contained more than 173 recommendations....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (21 Jan 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The collation of statistics on deaths of asylum seekers living in direct provision commenced in 2002. During the period 2002 to 2014, there have been 61 deaths of asylum seekers who were residing in direct provision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (18 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Frances Fitzgerald: The direct provision system is managed by the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department. For the most part, this represents a cashless system with the State assuming responsibility for providing suitable accommodation for asylum seekers on a full board basis. Currently, there are 4,353 residents in 34 centres across the State under contract to RIA. The numbers of new entrants to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Feb 2017)

Jonathan O'Brien: 158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children who remain in direct provision after receiving their stamp 4 leave to remain; the number of these persons living in direct provision on 26 January 2017; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties these persons are having in accessing private rented accommodation; the supports she plans to put in place...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Direct Provision System (15 Jul 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as bheith anseo linn. Coincidentally the Minister of State was present when I raised a similar issue previously on the payments relating to direct provision. I have forwarded, as part of my question, a receipt that a person who is in direct provision gets from the Department of Social Protection. The question is around the figures....

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (27 Feb 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Direct Provision system seeks to ensure that the accommodation and ancillary services provided by the State meet the requirements of asylum seekers in the period during which their applications for asylum are being processed. This system provides asylum seekers with full board accommodation free of utility or other costs. In addition to meeting these basic living costs, a Direct Provision...